Afternoon Edition: 06 October 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 06 October 2024, straight from the Newstalk ZB newsroom - bringing you everything you need to know in news, politics, business, entertainment and sport.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks edby Newsroom. This is Newsfax. In
this update, hopes aren't high for a salvage operation for
the sunken hmn Z S Manuwanui off the coast of
samour The boat grounded off the southern coast of Samoura
last night. Seventy five people were rescued early this morning,
with two needing hospital treatment. Chief of Navy Rear Admiral

(00:24):
Garren Golding says it will largely depend on the depth
of the wreckage whether the one hundred million dollar ship
is recoverable. Defense Minister Judith Collin says she could never
be embarrassed by the Defense Force and she's just grateful
no one died. This could have been a truly terrible day,
but actually it's a bad day. Clean Up work in
the South following significant rain is well underway. The states

(00:46):
of emergency in both duned And and Kluther have been
lifted as councils work to clear roads and slips and
fix water infrastructure. Duneed and locals are being worn to
be vigilant about hand washing, to avoid gastro illnesses, and
to stay out of the harbour and city beaches in
case of contamination. Kluther residents are being warned about contaminated
water in low lying areas, with the Kaitungata wastewater treatment

(01:10):
plants still full and discharging into the Kluther River. Urgent
water conservation notices are also in force in some areas
in Northland. Fire crews have contained a large fire in
a remote area. The vegetation fire broke out near Ahipara
yesterday morning. It's burned one hundred and seventy seven hectares
within a perimeter of seven point one kilometres. There's no

(01:32):
active firefront and a Fire and Emergency a working with
forestry firefighters using heavy machinery. They're being supported by helicopters
to ensure the containment holds. Tonight, specialist drone crews will
be doing thermal imaging to check for hotspots, and from
tomorrow crews will be on the ground checking for further
hot spots. Police are responding to a serious single vehicle

(01:53):
crash on the Waycuto Expressway at Huntley. Emergency services were
called to the scene around three o'clock. A large stretch
of the Waycutto Expressway is closed in both directions between
Tobury and Huntley. That's News in Sport to Trafalgar Park
in Nelson, Jaicham sends it on to the grandstand. The

(02:13):
Turlanucky bulls Hot Triumphant the Ranfurly Shield will spend the
summer in Taranaki. The Bulls have run in five tries
for a forty two to twenty nine NPC win over
the defending Tasman Marco. As you heard there, Taranaki shot
out to a twenty to three lead after twenty eight
minutes and led twenty three to eight at half time.

(02:34):
A couple of late tries saw the Markor pull back
the margin to six before the Bulls half back Adam
Lennox scored in the corner. An expectation for the Silver
Ferns to be back to their fighting best. In tonight's
dead rubber third Tiny Jamison Trophy Test with England and
in the Cargill New Zealand's conceded the series with the
match to spare for the first time but sixteen tests.

(02:55):
Silver Fern Margie Foster says, if they can nail the
critical moments win that sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news,
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